12.0% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Aspendale Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Aspendale Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28.2% of people in Aspendale Gardens provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most similar areas. While family care is common here, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are less frequent than in the typical Australian suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.0% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and slightly below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.0% of people providing care and 28.2% looking after children, both of which are higher than the state and national figures. Meanwhile, 21.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is lower than most other areas.
14.0% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 1.8%, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Aspendale Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20080/aspendale-gardens/topic/community